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Google News: Jo Frost - What it's really like to be Supernanny
[MadeForMums (blog)] - The only one they really know is Mary Poppins, and her name was mentioned in all the pre-show publicity. I was proud that it was good PR for English nannies, after some of the bad press we've had. As so many US reality shows are scripted
Wind in the Willows to be produced in the West End
www.superbreak.com
[Superbreak] - A new musical adaptation of The Wind in the Willows will come to the West End, featuring the same creative team which collaborated on the stage version of Mary Poppins. Julian Fellowes, George Stiles and Anthony Drewe will work on the book
Sleeping Beauty
www.thestage.co.uk
[Stage] - Charles Burden is an enjoyable Dame, from his first entrance above the stage as a grotesque Mary Poppins through to his camp expressions at the wedding finale via the obligatory sustained flirt with a hapless punter in the front stalls.
Guardian: Katharine Whitehorn
[The Guardian] - It's no accident that the person who could pull a hat stand and just about anything else from hers – Mary Poppins – was described as a Practically Perfect Person. Only kangaroos actually have their pouches attached to them; the rest of us
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